Dance at city park for Friday night
Local notes report a Friday evening dance at the city park with raffles and visiting neighbors. Several residents are listed visiting relatives, shopping, or attending gatherings in Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. Scene highlights include Miss Louise Willman and Miss Dorothy Alt among local visitors.
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City Park
Monticello News Highlights Local Visits and Events
The Monticello community reports visits from relatives and friends including Hermann Bricker of Conggan and Mr. and Mrs. Hewton Parrots. Residents attend dances, park picnics, and church events while several travelers depart for extended visits. Local students and faculty, including Miss Emma Grote and Elbert Helzerman, are noted for vacations and school duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermann Bricker
Conggan
Mrs. Hewton
Monticello Dog Tax Collector Henry Schoon Delivers Notice
Henry Schoon collects the dog tax for Monticello city. The notice clarifies tax duties separate and distinct from other city levies.
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Henry Schoon
Monticello
Monticello Gossip and Announcements Roundup
A long list of local visits, family gatherings, and travels across Monticello and surrounding towns. Notables include Mes Johann Velden’s funeral, Miss Rath Brink in Chicago, and many neighbors visiting relatives, with several mentions of teachers, students, and a navy sailor on leave.
Landis Brothers Return From Pacific Coast Trip
Ernest Landis of Monticello and his brother Earl returned from a five weeks trip to the Pacific coast. They visited their mother Mrs. Anne Meshall in San Francisco and sister Mrs. John Evans in Portland, Oregon, before seeing the Ray and Fred Slau son families in St Helens. En route home they passed through Yellowstone National Park and enjoyed the sights along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Landis
Monticello
Earl
Manchester
Pacific Coast
Anne Meshall
San Francisco
Portland
John Evans
Ray
Fred Slauson
St. Helens
Oregon
Yellowstone National Park
June chicken supper and picnic notices in Anamosa area
Community notices report a chicken and noodle supper at George Manternach's home on Sunday June 11 starting at 4 30 PM. A June picnic and supper are also noted. Also mentioned are visits to Loyd Pickett in Monmouth and to the Hicks family in Iowa and Michigan with family news and a birth at John McDonald Hospital weighing five pounds Ann Muriel.
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George Manternach
Milton Thoeni
Ann Muriel
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello Student Ill With Glandular Neck Infection
George Stott, a Monticello high school graduate, is ill at University Hospital Iowa City with a serious glandular neck infection. He recently had his tonsils removed. Attending doctors hope to halt the infection soon.
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Tim Fryberger
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Ike Schneider
Kadoka
George R. Guyan
Iown City
Iowa U
George Stott
Monticello High School
University Hospital
Mrs Kettlitz and Mrs Page Travel From Glendive to Chicago
Mrs Hans Kettlitz with Mrs Jennie Page of Glendive Montana left Monticello on Saturday for Chicago. They will visit Mrs Kettlitzs daughter Mrs W W Low and attend the Century of Progress. Mrs Page plans to return to Glendive after the Chicago visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Kettlitz
Jennie Page
Glendive
Montana
Monticello
Chicago
Bell family visit to J F Lieneman home
Mr and Mrs H W Bell and their children Leone Merlin of Princeton were guests last Sunday at J F Lieneman home. Mrs Bell and the children stayed few days with Mrs Stadtmueller the former’s mother and Mary Stadtmueller. They returned home this morning with Mrs Stadtmueller and her daughter.
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John Bolen
A. J. Ricklefs
Mary Lucille
Minneapolis
Mrs. Ricklefs
Mrs. A. Property
Herman Helgens
Walter Iligen
Chicago
George Wilkens
Tom Moore
W. 8. Webster
Mrs. Webster
H. W. Bell
Leone and
Merlin
Princeton
J. F. Lieneman
Van Buren daughter graduates Phi Beta Kappa at Cornell
Mrs G J Van Buren attended her daughter Ruth Van Buren's graduation at Cornell College in Mount Vernon. Ruth earned honors and Phi Beta Kappa membership and will work as a summer reporter for The Express. She was accompanied by Mrs O E Cramer and Mrs Lawrence Balster.
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Theodosia Pulver
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Mildred Pulver
Pulver
F. E. Stimson
P. H. Britt
BE. J. Farley
Helen Pulver
G. J. van Buren
Ruth van Buren
Cornel College
Miss van Buren
the Express
van Buren
O. E. Cramer
Lawrence Balster
Miss Pillmore Heads to New York University for Summer and Master’s Trail
Miss Clara Mae Pillmore, commercial teacher in Monticello public schools, left last Friday for Warren Illinois to spend the summer. She has a scholarship at New York University earned by college grades and Recommendations for retail merchandising and will attend next year hoping to receive her master’s degree by year’s end.
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Clara Mae Pillmore
Monticello
Warren
Miss Pillmore
New York University
Hicks Visit To Iowa City Granddaughter Returns To Monticello
Mrs. E. G. Hicks spent Tuesday in Iowa City visiting her granddaughter Miss Margaret Hicks who then accompanied her back to Monticello.
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E. E. Reed
Alfreda and
Alice
Irma Rohr
Antonette Coxsee
Dubuque
E. G. Hicks
Iowa City
Margaret Hicks
Monticello
Bookworm Notes on Biographies and Public Library Lives
Thackeray quote opens a reflection on biographies in public libraries. The piece argues biographies of famous men and women are as entertaining as fiction and offer insight beyond mere fame, urging readers to explore biographies more often for both interest and instruction.
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Thackeray
Cedar Rapids Social Roundup Includes Miller and Behnke Visit
Miss Ann Miller of Cedar Rapids spent last Tuesday with friends. Mr and Mrs Julius Behnke and daughter were hosted Sunday at the F Wright home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Webber
Cedar Rapids
Gladys Kieffer
Fred Kay
Ethel Parrott
Charles Parrott
J. L. Arduser
Onward Kiburz
Margaret Kiburz
George Green
Davenport
Newt Parrott
George
Monticello-Davenport
Ann Miller
Monticello
Julius Behnke
F. Wright
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Ady
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Anamona
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Hopkinton
Devlin Millinary
Matthiessen Auto & Supply
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Hillar Knapp
Cascade
Callahan's
Scotch Grove
Mra
Matt Miller
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Robert Boelo
Rock Island
Lowell E. Hicks
Mount Pleasant
Ruby Rickels
Dorothy Alt
Des Moines
George Guyan
Raefella Whitehead
Newton
Frank Serbousek
Center Junction
E. E. Hicks
E. E. Shelley
Ann Ehrisman
Seraphine Schweitzer
Mary and
Kate Johnson
Anamosa
E. R. Bollinger of
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A. M. Bollinger
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Ben Cotton
Madonna
Doris
Marion
Matthiessen Auto É& Supply Co
E. Gruenstein
Josephine and
Jeanette Foley
Harry Merrill
James
Cedar Falls
Frank Hayden
Elizabeth
Jack
Olin
Barbara Doudelinger
Hilda
Wilson Burkett
Elsie Winch
R. N
F. J. Kay
Betty
Imogene Stuhler
Janet Hazard
Neaday
H. E. Jacobs
Pleasant Plains, Ti
Paul Ja
Dra, Walter and
Stella Swift
Dr. L. J. Swift
Catherine Locher
Farley
Mary
Bev
Lio
Iowa
Braselton & Mona Shone
W. Gilf
Marion Alcorn
Mona Lightfoot
Vinton
B.J. Light
F. Donk
End
Thomas Magen
Harvard Keating
Vic
Frances Fa
Katty ‘Thompson
Hee Phetomants
M. J. Cai
Pistiet'e
Uschastya
Wil
Far & Dans Ab
Zimmerman Hai
Wedesday
Drne 14
Prices
Alex Crehaty
Tos Anaries
Urs
Herbert Preneh
Hatathal
Mir
Nell Frevia
Mrs. Marry Mann
Portia of
Lam
George Hennessey
Sors
Earl and
Dares
Grarge Minnis
Ted Farley
Donald Sutherland
Cornelius Steck
Eagle Point Park
Dutmque
Bonday
Mary Katherine McLees
D. J. Lavery
Lake City
Minn
Arthur
Yoss
Beulah
Prairieburg
Etta King
Waterloo
Tom King
West Union
Cathie King
Marjorie Skinner
Black Hills
South Jove
Mary Redmond
William Redmond
Mae Redmond
T. M. Redmond
Robert Maurice
Jefferson
Mr. Maurice
John Meyer
Breda
Miss June Meyer
John Oswald
Council Bluffs
Emma Hughes
South Shore Hospital
G. J. Hughes
Jimmy Rick
Frank Peckosh
Rita
Robert
Oxford Junction
Kate
Anna Altman
Emma Grote
van Horne
J. W. Innes
Josephine
John
Howard McLaughin
George Richard Gugan
James Farley
Pauline
Ed Ledwel
Frank Johnson
Leyland Skelley
AP News Agency
E. FE. Skelley
Elbert Helzerman
Glenwood
J. E. Helzerman
Sineteve
J. M. Woellert
Ema
Eilesn Woellert
Mr. Woellert
Mes
Johann Velden
Delaware
Rath Brink
Emma Fugnem
Misa Hughes
Miss Brink
Joni Faget
Lloyd King
Mr. King
Sylvia Cooper
Wanda Cooper
William Cashen
Arcadia, Wist
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Cashen
Arcadia
Misa Nettle Hormel
West Liberty
Leonard Kurt
Smith
Kate Maurice
Kurt
B. T. Kurtz
A. B. Jacobs
John Moore
Jacobs
F. F. Milliken
Brooklyn
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Fisher Orchestra
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Bertha Webster
Miss Bertha Schatz
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George Richard Guyan
Robert Cushman
Guyan
Bruce Suthers
United States Navy
Chris Eiben
Elkader
Charles Cords
Eileen
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Whitman Chambers
American Weekly
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Ed Ledwell
Racine, Wis
J. B. Farley
E. J. Parley
Mr.Ledwell
Farley Brothers
Don Stout
Minard Stout
Don
State Teachers’ College High School
Milton Stott
St. Louis
Frank Thompson
Lee Bohren
Houston
Texas
Lloyd Pickett
Monmouth
Mrs. Chauncey Mowry of
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Mrytle Takes
Harvey Adamson
Anderson Gearhart
Lyle Hicks
Charles
Detroit
Mich
Bordeau
Kay
Fred Dexter
Music Service Company
Matt Rehm
Commodore Club Orchestra
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Studebaker
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Essex
Whippet
Ford—Truck
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K D. W
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Madsen
Wyoming
Gillette
Auto Strop
Durham Duplex
Ste
Palmer's Drug Store
Bay
Joseph Curtin
Inver Grove
Kate Crocker
Stuhlers
Shoe Department
Amazzo Golden Syrup
Happy Maid
Japan
Boy's Oxfords
P. & G. Soap
Hutchinson
Anna Ehrisman
George Good
Maire’s Candy Shop
W. HH. Shaffer
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